It’s been a hell of a ride. We’re ending this trip and returning to the States to a lifestyle that will be a bit more mobile and a bit less stable than it once was. And that’s okay, it is all by design and things are going according to plan....
We figured it was time to give everyone a glimpse into how our boat is treating us. Often, when we would tell people our plan to move aboard a very narrow, 50 year old, 28’ foot sailboat with our golden retriever, a common response was a look of horror. There...
Continued from previous post… After motor sailing for a few hours, we rounded a point and caught sight of the town, a small village with two little coves, one of which had about a dozen pangas grounded on the sandy beach. Both coves were completely exposed to the very...
Within 20 minutes of rounding the corner of the Bay of San Carlos, we were both wearing our harnesses and were tethered in. These were harnesses and tethers we thought we might never use. It was a beautiful day, but the wind had kicked up to 20 knots right on the nose...
So, backtracking a bit from our last post, let’s revisit the first hour of the journey, perhaps the scariest one, after we cast off the mooring lines in San Carlos. We headed for the fuel dock at the marina, so we could top off our freshwater tank, and after about 10...
